To root or not to root? (Motorola G 2014)

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  Kaustubh Katdare

  #-Link-Snipped-# may have suggestions for you.
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  Anoop Kumar

  I don't think there would be any problem with rooting.
  You just need to follow the correct steps at 1st time.
  head to #-Link-Snipped-# . I would suggest to watch plenty of video about rooting your so you get confidence with it.
  Next step - Take Nandroid Backup (backup from recovery) as soon as you root the phone and save it to your computer. So you can restore whenever required.
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  Abhishek Rawal

  Rooting Motorola devices is very easy.
  - Unlock Bootloader
  - Flash Custom Recovery via adb
  - Root your device using Custom Recovery (TWRP recommended)
  
  To Unlock Bootloader :
  Read instruction from Motorola website : #-Link-Snipped-#
  
  To Flash Custom Recovery :
  - After unlocking bootloader, start the device and connect to PC and put latest twrp img and supersu zip in internal sd [you'll find files from Moto G XDA]
  - Go to recovery mode [Vol Up + Screen On/Off], connect your device with usb, open terminal & type 'fastboot flash recovery twrp.img'
  You've successfully flashed custom recovery.
  
  To Root :
  - Go to recovery mode and start custom recovery i.e TWRP
  - Flash supersu.zip
  
  Root done.
  
  You'll find more details in Official XDA Moto G forum, look at those stickies.
  
  NOTE : There was change in partition table from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, so reverting from L or 4.4.4 to 4.4.2 has resulted in bricking of phone. So avoid reverting to 4.4.2 from L.
  
  There are many custom ROMs available but almost all of them are based on CM source base. Few of them add few xposed modules and call them by different name, nothing new.
  
  Anyways, I will suggest to use CM12.1 Nightlies (if you don't mind daily updates) or CM12.1 Stable over Stock Android, anyday.
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  Jason Estibeiro

  #-Link-Snipped-# - Thanks for the advice! Especially the backup app! 👍
  
  #-Link-Snipped-# - Thanks for the detailed info! Thanks for the warning too, didn't know about the L to 4.4.2 bricking issue. Was thinking of switching to CM, but now since you've suggested it I'll definitely switch to CM. 👍
  
  Will keep updating this thread.